Six of eight JVM MLAs seek seats alongside ruling BJP

Ranchi: A day after four Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM) MLAs were suspended by their party, the quartet and two other party legislators wrote to Speaker Dinesh Oraon to allot them separate seats alongside the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in the state Assembly. The party has eight members in the House.

Jaiswal, Bauri, Ganju and Chourasia were suspended by the party on Monday.

Earlier in the day, JVM president and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi accused the BJP of trying to poach MLAs from his party and Congress, a charge denied by the saffron party.

The JVM had won eight seats in the last year's Assembly elections. The pre-poll alliance partners, BJP and Ajsu, won the majority and formed the government under the leadership of BJP leader Raghubar Das.